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TIL washoe the chimp (the first non-human taught sign language) became self-aware while staring into a mirror and then interacting with other chimps that she was not human

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epnKL TIL the infamous shock video "2 Girls 1 Cup" was originally sold as a DVD titled "Hungry B*tches". The "vomit" in the movie was just food the actors had chewed and spit-out without swallowing, and film's director has stated in court that the supposed excrement they consume was just ice cream.
4g8o TIL All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye’s lens. People who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
x6EPg TIL: There is a real life "Death Note", where Japanese women wish how and why they want their spouse’s to die.
0dERv TIL a radio show in the UK called The Archers has been on the air since 1951, making it the longest-running radio soap opera ever
X98X TIL the UK still retains 18 Queen’s Messengers, who hand deliver secret documents to British embassies worldwide, travelling undercover in business class. The diplomatic package has its own “passport”, as though it’s a human being, and is exempt from being searched or x-rayed by airport security.